Instructional Video3:58
SciShow

Why Don’t Jellyfish Look Like That?

12th - Higher Ed
When you think of a jellyfish, do you imagine an angelic stingy blob? That's just one stage of the life of a jelly!
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis

12th - Higher Ed
Though we probably won’t find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesn’t mean that a human settlement hasn’t ever been lost to the water. Meet Doggerland.
Instructional Video34:00
SciShow

The Amazing Life Cycle of Mountains | SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Mountains may look like they've all been stagnant for thousands of years, but the life cycle of a mountain is actually quite fascinating. From mountain ranges in space, to why Earth isn’t a water-world, here are some videos exploring the...
Instructional Video8:45
SciShow

How Giant Creatures Eat Tiny Meals: 5 Fabulous Filter Feeders

12th - Higher Ed
Some of the largest creatures that have ever lived on earth thrive by eating tiny prey. Why don’t they eat bigger fish, and how can they even consume these things they can barely see? Here are 5 creatures that grow to be giants by eating...
Instructional Video3:04
SciShow

Life Inside a Dead Whale

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wonder what it'd be like to have a whale as a house? Wonder no more after you watch this episode of SciShow! Hosted by: Michael Aranda
Instructional Video8:10
SciShow

Cockroaches, Alligators & Other Weird Sources of New Drugs

12th - Higher Ed
Some of humanity’s favorite antibiotics are starting to lose their mojo, in the face of smart, sneaky, and rapidly-evolving bacteria. To find new drugs to combat these superbugs, scientists are looking in some weird new places, like...
Instructional Video2:58
MinuteEarth

How to Make a Seashell - Just Add Water

12th - Higher Ed
Why do shell building living creatures live near the surface of the ocean? Learn how chemistry creates a dissolving depth for calcium and determines where shell builders can live.
Instructional Video4:48
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The most important anus in the ocean

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Is it a fuzzy sock? An overripe banana? A moldy tube of toothpaste? In fact, it’s a humble sea cucumber: a brainless, fleshy form surrounding a digestive tract, and bookended by a mouth and an anus. And while it might look odd, its daily...
Instructional Video19:36
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Katelyn Salem vs. Hank Green

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to SciShow Quiz Show! Katelyn Salem of Kate Tectonics competes against Googleable internet sensation, Hank Green.
Instructional Video24:22
SciShow

Deep Sea Microbiome: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks with MacArthur Fellow Dr. Victoria Orphan of CalTech about organisms of the deep sea and the impact it has on our environment.
Instructional Video9:24
SciShow

Without Volcanoes, Earth Might be Dead

12th - Higher Ed
You might think of plate tectonics as destructive since it's the ultimate force behind earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. But the slow movement of our planet's surface does a lot more than shake things up now and then. Some...
Instructional Video5:08
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Is this the most successful animal ever? | Nigel Hughes

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Prevailing for around 270 million years and encompassing more than 20,000 distinct species, trilobites are some of the most successful lifeforms in Earth's history. When they sprung into existence, they were among the most diverse and...
Instructional Video12:07
TED Talks

TED: The unexpected, underwater plant fighting climate change | Carlos M. Duarte

12th - Higher Ed
Once considered the ugly duckling of environmental conservation, seagrass is emerging as a powerful tool for climate action. From drawing down carbon to filtering plastic pollution, marine scientist Carlos M. Duarte details the...
Instructional Video4:43
SciShow

How the Ocean Floor Got Filled with Riches

12th - Higher Ed
Deep below the surface, the ocean floor is full of riches. There’s gold, iron, and lots of other rare, precious metals. What kind of geochemical processes can leave loot all over the seafloor?
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis

12th - Higher Ed
Though we probably won’t find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesn’t mean that a human settlement hasn’t ever been lost to the water. Meet Doggerland.
Instructional Video3:14
SciShow

Life Inside a Dead Whale

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wonder what it'd be like to have a whale as a house? Wonder no more after you watch this episode of SciShow!
Instructional Video8:55
SciShow

How Giant Creatures Eat Tiny Meals: 5 Fabulous Filter Feeders

12th - Higher Ed
Some of the largest creatures that have ever lived on earth thrive by eating tiny prey. Why don’t they eat bigger fish, and how can they even consume these things they can barely see? Here are 5 creatures that grow to be giants by eating...
Instructional Video6:04
SciShow

How to Find Thousands of Oceanic Fossils in... Ohio?

12th - Higher Ed
Modern-day Ohio is more than 600 kilometers from the ocean - yet it has thousands of ocean fossils dating back to the Ordovician, giving us a glimpse at its past under an ancient, fishless sea.
Instructional Video27:14
SciShow

The Mountains Below Us (And Other Deep Sea Treasures) | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
From spooky-looking towers that belch white "smoke" to a mountain range in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, the seafloor is full of features as dynamic as the surface! That's part of why we've done many SciShow episodes about the ocean....
Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

The Gulf of California's Upside-Down Mirror Pools | Weird Places

12th - Higher Ed
For upside-down mirrors, super hot volcanic chimneys, and neon rocks with living microorganisms, look no further than the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California.
Instructional Video4:02
SciShow

Earth’s Underwater Topography & The Recent Space Walk

12th - Higher Ed
We just mapped out 80% of our earth and gave the ISS a tuneup! Hank Green explains what is going on in this episode of SciShow Space News!
Instructional Video9:58
SciShow

7 Things We Don't Know About the Ocean

12th - Higher Ed
The ocean covers 70% of the planet, but humans still don’t know very much about it. In this episode, Hank discusses seven mysterious ocean topics.

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GLOBAL VIEW OF GRAVITY ANOMALIES Credit: NASA Earth...
Instructional Video2:32
MinuteEarth

How Do Some Waves Get SO Big?

12th - Higher Ed
All over the world, giant wave breaks appear because of underwater geology that supercharges their wave energy.
Instructional Video18:12
TED Talks

TED: Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice | Rob Dunbar

12th - Higher Ed
Rob Dunbar hunts for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago, finding clues inside ancient seabeds and corals and inside ice sheets. His work is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current climate -- and in tracking the rise of...